| Deep learning earth observation classification using ImageNet pretrained networks D Marmanis, M Datcu, T Esch, U Stilla IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 13 (1), 105-109, 2015 | 713 | 2015 |
| Monitoring urbanization in mega cities from space H Taubenböck, T Esch, A Felbier, M Wiesner, A Roth, S Dech Remote sensing of Environment 117, 162-176, 2012 | 554 | 2012 |
| NASA's Black Marble nighttime lights product suite MO Román, Z Wang, Q Sun, V Kalb, SD Miller, A Molthan, L Schultz, ... Remote Sensing of Environment 210, 113-143, 2018 | 421 | 2018 |
| Breaking new ground in mapping human settlements from space–The Global Urban Footprint T Esch, W Heldens, A Hirner, M Keil, M Marconcini, A Roth, J Zeidler, ... ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 134, 30-42, 2017 | 394 | 2017 |
| Urban footprint processor—Fully automated processing chain generating settlement masks from global data of the TanDEM-X mission T Esch, M Marconcini, A Felbier, A Roth, W Heldens, M Huber, ... IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 10 (6), 1617-1621, 2013 | 320 | 2013 |
| Urban structure type characterization using hyperspectral remote sensing and height information U Heiden, W Heldens, S Roessner, K Segl, T Esch, A Mueller Landscape and urban Planning 105 (4), 361-375, 2012 | 235 | 2012 |
| Outlining where humans live, the World Settlement Footprint 2015 M Marconcini, A Metz-Marconcini, S Üreyen, D Palacios-Lopez, W Hanke, ... Scientific Data 7 (1), 242, 2020 | 234 | 2020 |
| Delineation of urban footprints from TerraSAR-X data by analyzing speckle characteristics and intensity information T Esch, M Thiel, A Schenk, A Roth, A Muller, S Dech IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 48 (2), 905-916, 2009 | 201 | 2009 |
| New dimensions of urban landscapes: The spatio-temporal evolution from a polynuclei area to a mega-region based on remote sensing data H Taubenböck, M Wiesner, A Felbier, M Marconcini, T Esch, S Dech Applied Geography 47, 137-153, 2014 | 190 | 2014 |
| Overview of the PALM model system 6.0 B Maronga, S Banzhaf, C Burmeister, T Esch, R Forkel, D Fröhlich, V Fuka, ... Geoscientific Model Development 13 (3), 1335-1372, 2020 | 187 | 2020 |
| TanDEM-X mission—new perspectives for the inventory and monitoring of global settlement patterns T Esch, H Taubenböck, A Roth, W Heldens, A Felbier, M Thiel, M Schmidt, ... Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 6 (1), 061702-061702, 2012 | 185 | 2012 |
| Improvement of image segmentation accuracy based on multiscale optimization procedure T Esch, M Thiel, M Bock, A Roth, S Dech IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 5 (3), 463-467, 2008 | 149 | 2008 |
| Large-area assessment of impervious surface based on integrated analysis of single-date Landsat-7 images and geospatial vector data T Esch, V Himmler, G Schorcht, M Thiel, T Wehrmann, F Bachofer, ... Remote Sensing of Environment 113 (8), 1678-1690, 2009 | 147 | 2009 |
| Machine learning comparison between WorldView-2 and QuickBird-2-simulated imagery regarding object-based urban land cover classification T Novack, T Esch, H Kux, U Stilla remote sensing 3 (10), 2263-2282, 2011 | 143 | 2011 |
| Characterization of land cover types in TerraSAR-X images by combined analysis of speckle statistics and intensity information T Esch, A Schenk, T Ullmann, M Thiel, A Roth, S Dech IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 49 (6), 1911-1925, 2011 | 141 | 2011 |
| City-descriptive input data for urban climate models: Model requirements, data sources and challenges V Masson, W Heldens, E Bocher, M Bonhomme, B Bucher, C Burmeister, ... Urban Climate 31, 100536, 2020 | 139 | 2020 |
| A new ranking of the world's largest cities—Do administrative units obscure morphological realities? H Taubenböck, M Weigand, T Esch, J Staab, M Wurm, J Mast, S Dech Remote Sensing of Environment 232, 111353, 2019 | 135 | 2019 |
| How good is the map? A multi-scale cross-comparison framework for global settlement layers: Evidence from Central Europe M Klotz, T Kemper, C Geiß, T Esch, H Taubenböck Remote Sensing of Environment 178, 191-212, 2016 | 132 | 2016 |
| Object-based feature extraction using high spatial resolution satellite data of urban areas H Taubenböck, T Esch, M Wurm, A Roth, S Dech Journal of Spatial Science 55 (1), 117-132, 2010 | 117 | 2010 |
| World Settlement Footprint 3D-A first three-dimensional survey of the global building stock T Esch, E Brzoska, S Dech, B Leutner, D Palacios-Lopez, ... Remote sensing of environment 270, 112877, 2022 | 107 | 2022 |
